In addition to two trailers and an inflatable hazardous materials decontamination tent, Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency has obtained older technologies to help in the communication end…

The State Board of Corrections spent the day in Wiscasset July 10 discussing, among other issues, the impact to other flagship jails of Somerset’s current policy of not accepting out-of-county…

Wiscasset voters will go to the polls Sept. 11 for a special town meeting to decide at least three budget articles: the code enforcement budget, the contingency fund and the Lincoln County…

The Westport Conservation Commission is exploring the possibility of developing an interconnected trail network on the Island.

Informal discussions with many of the Island’s residents and…

A memorial service for Jimmy Seavey will be held at the Southport Town Hall on Sunday, July 22, at 2 p.m.

Woolwich residents have formed a new committee to investigate the possibilities for a municipal building addition.

“We’re basically starting from scratch,” the committee’s Chairman Dana…

A California company is suing Westport Island in a dispute stemming from the public boat launch project of 2010.

American Contractors Indemnity Company, which issues performance bonds,…

The most recent National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators report, issued in June 2012, indicates that Mid Coast Hospital ranks in the top 10 percent of hospitals across the country for the…

Lincoln County Television Channel 7, our local community television station, currently reaches approximately 11,200 individuals via Time Warner Cable TV and untold numbers worldwide via the…

Melissa Tilas, a 2009 graduate of Wiscasset High School joins Headhunter III in Bath. She attended Capilo Institute in Augusta. Tilas brings two years experience of cosmetology to the salon.

If the power goes out in Woolwich, some customers lose telephone service.

Town officials are concerned about this loss of telephone service in the event of an emergency and have been…

Michael Richard McKay, 24, of McKay Road, Edgecomb, died on Sunday, July 1, 2012.

He was born in Damariscotta on the Fourth of July, 1987, the only son of Michael and Jennifer (Kelley) McKay…

Several local women have taken part in Tri for a Cure, an all-women triathlon to raise money for cancer patient support, research and education programs.

The triathlon consists of a 1/3-mile…

To Mom,

Your spirit, your guidance and your ever present love is still here with this wonderful family you helped to create. We see the love in each other’s eyes when we are together,…

Linwood W. Dutton, 80, died Friday, July 6, 2012 with his family at his side at Maine General Medical Center, Augusta Campus, following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

He was born in…

An employee of J.C. Stone on Route 17 in Jefferson was transported to Maine General Hospital in Augusta July 9, to be checked out after a piece of shelving fell on him, Jefferson Fire Chief Walter…

The Wiscasset Raceway, on the block in a foreclosure auction Thursday, July 12, has meant different things to different people since it first opened in 1969 as Wiscasset Speedway. At various times…

Neil T. Dodge of Boothbay Harbor and China, Maine, died July 2, 2012, after a long struggle with prostate cancer. During his last months of life, Neil received special care from his daughter…

Wiscasset began in earnest the process of outlin-ing plans for withdrawal from RSU 12. On July 3, the Wiscasset Selectmen appointed a selectmen and a member of the public to serve on the…

Please take notice that Peter and Kathryn Wagner, 335 Clay Hill Road, Cape Neddick, ME 03902, are intending to file a Natural Resources Protection Act permit application with the Maine Department…

To Mom,

Your spirit, your guidance and your ever present love is still here with this wonderful family you helped to create. We see the love in each other’s eyes when we are to-gether,…

On her birthday

7/14/28 – 7/26/10

We never need a special day

to bring you to our mind,

for days without a thought of you

are very hard to find.

With Love,

Due to a higher than normal number of bear-related complaints this year, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife wants to remind the public how to best avoid bear conflicts.

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Two Wiscasset women are suing the Wiscasset Quik Stop in Lincoln County Superior Court, claiming the store fired them because of their ethnicity.

Phyllis Soule and Melissa Soule, who are…

A graveside service for Jeannette and Charles “Buster” Gamage will be held at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Route 96, Boothbay Harbor, Thursday, July 19, at 1 p.m. Arrangements are entrusted to Simmons,…

A Massachusetts man charged with assaulting a former Maine state trooper made his initial appearance in Lincoln County District Court July 5.

William M. Harrison, 39, of Charleston, Mass.,…

When Rose Marie Kreppein volunteers she knows she is helping people.

“You are filling a need,” said Kreppein, who began volunteering at the St. Andrews Auxiliary Thrift Shop about eight…

James N. Seavey, 47, of Edgecomb died peacefully at home on June 28, 2012.

Born to James Everett Seavey and Sandra Yvonne Sargent Seavey on February 2, 1965, he attended local schools and…

Sue Rankin Lloyd, 89, of Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida and Boothbay, died at her Boothbay home on Saturday, June 30.

She was born April 3, 1923.

She is survived by her daughter and…

Tod Hartung has been appointed interim director of the Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency, effective Saturday, July 7.

He will replace Tim Pellerin, who after 7.5 year with the…

Dwight Paine, 81, of Waldoboro died and finally joined his beloved wife in heaven on Saturday, June 30, 2012. He died at home after his brave battle with cancer. Dwight was predeceased by his wife…

Edward G. Hawkes Jr. of West Bath died on Sunday, July 1, 2012 on the farm with the love of his life, Marjorie by his side.

He was born on July 8, 1928 in Bath, the son of Edward and Harriet…

Carol Menges Saunders, 69, died peacefully with her children and family by her side on Friday, July 27.

Carol was born in 1943 in…

The Wiscasset Airport is a home base for many visiting and local pilots and its manager anticipates business there will continue to grow since the town took over all operations there.

Over…

The Westport Island Selectmen accepted the resignation of Town Clerk Pam Frenier at their weekly meeting July 2, and appointed Sandra Crehore to that position temporarily until all the details can…

Traffic on Route 1, lined with summer travelers, was backed up for miles in both directions after a three-car crash on the bridge in Wiscasset Sunday afternoon that sent at least three people to…

Olympic gold medalist Eleanor Logan of Boothbay Harbor has qualified to row on the U.S. eight-woman rowing team Olympic team at the games in London starting later this month.

Having won the…

Elizabeth-Anne (Bowie) Curtis and James Robert Curtis of Dresden announce the birth of their daughter, Elizabeth Kelleher. She was born on June 21, 2012 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.

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Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens is the focus of a half-hour segment of “Mature Lifestyles,” a program produced by Spectrum Generations on Time Warner Cable, Channel 9 in this region. The program…

Edgecomb’s new fire station will soon have a fence to block lights from the station from shining onto a neighbor’s property.

Construction of the station off Route 27 last year took away a…

According to recent rulings handed down by the Maine Municipal Association and the state Board of Education the Wiscasset Selectmen will have a larger pool of candidates in selecting the town’s…

Frances Louise Abbott of Boothbay Harbor died peacefully at home June 25 surrounded by her family.

She was born May 31, 1930 in Boothbay Harbor to Parker and Carrie (Bennett) Brewer. She…

When change is afoot, rumors abound. Recently rumors have been circulating about upcoming changes at Lincoln County Healthcare, the parent organization that includes St. Andrews and Miles Memorial…

An Alna couple hope their family’s tragedy serves as a warning and preventative to others.

Amy and Mike Preston’s 18-year-old nephew…

Agenda

1. Introduction of board, town manager and secretary
2. Approve minutes of June 25
3. Financials
4. Town manager announcements
5. Public hearings…

The Good Shepherd Food Bank’s food mobile will once again distribute free food to residents of our peninsula who need help to put nourishing meals on the family dinner table. The food delivery…

Edgecomb’s contribution to the Wiscasset Public Library looks like it will stand at the $2,000 approved in May at town meeting.

A week after library trustee and Edgecomb resident Tom Boudin…

Scanmed Ltd., 7 Blackstone Rd., Bayville, dock, ramp and float

Ken and Joan Brown, 118 Atlantic Ave., 28-foot-by-42-foot new modular home

Joshua Higgins, 53 Stonewall Rd., interior…

Wiscasset selectmen will take on the Mason Station issue at their July 3 meeting.

They will consider soliciting proposals from qualified developers for the sale of recently acquired property…

When Lenore Imhof first met her dog Jake at the Lincoln County Animal Shelter in Edgecomb, the young golden retriever/Irish setter mix was missing a lot of pounds and much of his hair. He wasn’t…